• Structure of the blood-brain barrier
• 36 min
  1. The blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s disease

  • Dr. Anika Hartz
• 35 min
  2. Tanycytes allow a tight BBB in the median eminence

  • Prof. Esteban Rodriguez
  • Dr. Juan Luis Blazquez
  • Dr. Montserrat Guerra
• Nutrient transport
• 35 min
  3. Blood-brain barrier ion transport

  • Prof. Martha O'Donnell
• Peptides and proteins
• 37 min
  4. Ingestive peptides

  • Prof. William Banks
• 62 min
  5. Blood-brain barrier in health and disease

  • Prof. Thomas Davis
• Overcoming the blood-brain barrier obstacle
• 42 min
  6. Expression vs. function of ABC transporters at the blood-brain barrier

  • Prof. Jean-Michel Scherrmann
• 44 min
  7. The blood-brain barrier and CNS drug development

  • Dr. Danica Stanimirovic
• 34 min
  8. Transport and delivery of neurotrophic peptides and proteins across the BBB

  • Prof. Weihong Pan
• Diseases involving the blood-brain barrier
• 71 min
  9. Inflammation and immune cell entry to the central nervous system

  • Prof. Serge Rivest
• 42 min
  10. The blood-brain barrier in multiple sclerosis: a target for treatment?

  • Dr. Elga de Vries
• 24 min
  11. Ischemic blood-brain barrier and Alzheimer's amyloid plaques development

  • Prof. Ryszard Pluta
• Latest Developments in the Field
• 31 min
  12. MRI approaches for neurovascular imaging

  • Dr. Rick Dijkhuizen
• 33 min
  13. Brain-gut interactions in obesity 1

  • Prof. Weihong Pan
• 19 min
  14. Brain-gut interactions in obesity 2

  • Prof. Weihong Pan
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 36 min
  15. Neurotrophins and the BBB

  • Prof. Weihong Pan
• 52 min
  16. Vasoactive peptides and the blood-brain barrier

  • Prof. Maria Deli
  • Prof. Bela Kis
• 42 min
  17. In vivo systems

  • Prof. Quentin Smith
• 46 min
  18. CNS-drug design

  • Prof. Quentin Smith
• 43 min
  19. Brain-to-blood efflux transport of endogenous compounds and its analogue drug at the blood-brain barrier

  • Prof. Tetsuya Terasaki
• 23 min
  20. Stroke and the BBB

  • Prof. Marilyn Cipolla
• 54 min
  21. Barrier mechanisms in the developing brain: mechanisms and misunderstandings

  • Prof. Norman Saunders
• 57 min
  22. Barrier mechanisms in the developing brain: protection or vulnerability?

  • Prof. Norman Saunders
• 43 min
  23. In vitro models of the blood-brain barrier

  • Prof. Pierre-Olivier Couraud
• 41 min
  24. Glucose transport across the blood-brain barrier

  • Prof. Luc Leybaert
• 53 min
  25. The blood-brain barrier and brain tumors

  • Dr. Olaf van Tellingen
• 37 min
  26. Cellular composition of the blood-brain barrier

  • Prof. N. Joan Abbott
• 48 min
  27. Features of mammalian CNS barrier systems

  • Prof. Conrad Johanson

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1. Introduction
2. Outline
3. Introduction to the assessment of brain delivery
4. Factors affecting brain delivery and exchange
5. Blood-brain barrier transport assumptions
6. Common issues to be addressed
7. Solute choice and assay
8. Animal and disease state
9. Overview of brain transport kinetics
10. Simple two compartment model for brain transport
11. Kinetic equations for two compartment model
12. Initial uptake assumptions
13. Unidiractional uptake simplification
14. Initial uptake analysis and k(in) determination
15. Kinetic constants
16. Conversion of k(in) to PS and IP
17. Brain vascular correction
18. Capillary depletion
19. Steady state distribution
20. Example of brain distribution volume
21. In vivo methods to asses BBB transport
22. In situ brain perfusion method
23. Getting started - requiered equipment
24. Perfusion set up
25. Perfusion fluid
26. Perfusion fluid rate
27. What is the optimum infusion rate?
28. BBB integrity: PS brain perfusion vs. in vivo
29. Differences revealed by perfusion vs. in vivo
30. Measurement of flow
31. Brain uptake of flow markers
32. Systemic (iv) administration method
33. iv administration method for brain uptake
34. Calculation for initial uptake
35. External analysis
36. Limitations of iv administration method
37. Brain microdialysis method
38. Microdialysis approach
39. Data analysis
40. Microdialysis limitations
41. Brain efflux index (BEI) method
42. Illustration of brain efflux index method
43. Brain efflux calculation
44. Pros and cons of BEI method
45. Summary
46. Acknowledgements

Topics Covered

• Common issues in brain uptake assessment
• Multiple factors impact brain delivery and exchange
• Assumptions
• What information is sought?
• What brain compartment is appropriate?
• Brain transport kinetics
• In vivo methods to assess BBB transport
• In situ brain perfusion method
• Systemic (IV) administration method
• Brain microdialysis method
• Brain efflux index (BEI) method

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Series:

• The Blood-Brain Barrier

Categories:

• Methods
• Neuroscience
• Pharmaceutical Sciences

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on March 1, 2008
• Archived on May 31, 2018

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Quentin Smith has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.